The killing of a photographer in Shanghai leads the U.S. Navy on the secret pursuit of a Chinese cargo ship rumored to be carrying tons of chemicals for Iraq's biological weapons program, a rumor that draws Covert-One into an investigation into the ship and its cargo and a discovery of long-hidden Chinese secrets that could involve the long-lost father of the president of the United States. Original. 500,000 first printing.
Robert Ludlum is the author of more than twenty internationally bestselling novels, including The Bourne Identity—the basis of the international hit movie--and The Scarlatti Inheritance. His books have been translated into thirty-two languages and, with over two million copies in print, are the standard by which all works of international suspense are judged.
Gayle Lynds is the coauthor of two previous Covert-One novels, The Hades Factor and The Paris Option, as well as several bestselling thrillers on her own: Masquerade, Mosaic, Mesmerized, and the forthcoming The Coil.